EP0184390A1 - Extrusions-, Förder- und Schneidesystem - Google Patents

Extrusions-, Förder- und Schneidesystem Download PDF

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EP0184390A1
EP0184390A1 EP85308666A EP85308666A EP0184390A1 EP 0184390 A1 EP0184390 A1 EP 0184390A1 EP 85308666 A EP85308666 A EP 85308666A EP 85308666 A EP85308666 A EP 85308666A EP 0184390 A1 EP0184390 A1 EP 0184390A1
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Richard Austin Rollyson
Peter Daniels Wesson
Paul Samuel Zerwekh
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    • C06EXPLOSIVES; MATCHES
    • C06BEXPLOSIVES OR THERMIC COMPOSITIONS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS EXPLOSIVES
    • C06B21/00Apparatus or methods for working-up explosives, e.g. forming, cutting, drying
    • C06B21/0033Shaping the mixture
    • C06B21/0075Shaping the mixture by extrusion
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23DPLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23D36/00Control arrangements specially adapted for machines for shearing or similar cutting, or for sawing, stock which the latter is travelling otherwise than in the direction of the cut
    • B23D36/0008Control arrangements specially adapted for machines for shearing or similar cutting, or for sawing, stock which the latter is travelling otherwise than in the direction of the cut for machines with only one cutting, sawing, or shearing devices
    • B23D36/0033Control arrangements specially adapted for machines for shearing or similar cutting, or for sawing, stock which the latter is travelling otherwise than in the direction of the cut for machines with only one cutting, sawing, or shearing devices for obtaining pieces of a predetermined length
    • B23D36/0058Control arrangements specially adapted for machines for shearing or similar cutting, or for sawing, stock which the latter is travelling otherwise than in the direction of the cut for machines with only one cutting, sawing, or shearing devices for obtaining pieces of a predetermined length the tool stopping for a considerable time after each cutting operation
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00Cutting
    • Y10T83/465Cutting motion of tool has component in direction of moving work
    • Y10T83/4653With means to initiate intermittent tool action
    • Y10T83/4656Tool moved in response to work-sensing means
    • Y10T83/4664With photo-electric work-sensing means
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00Cutting
    • Y10T83/525Operation controlled by detector means responsive to work
    • Y10T83/533With photo-electric work-sensing means
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00Cutting
    • Y10T83/525Operation controlled by detector means responsive to work
    • Y10T83/54Actuation of tool controlled by work-driven means to measure work length

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  • This invention relates to methods for continuously extruding, conveying and cutting strands of solid propellants to produce so-called "stick” propellants in precise lengths.
  • DC motor cutters can overcome the tendency for extreme stick length variability, but cannot provide a standard deviation of, for instance, from 0.05 cm to 0.6 cm, which may be required to meet length tolerance limits for a mean stick length of about 356 mm commonly accepted in the industry. Variations in the extrusion rate are responsible for unacceptable variations in length, even when the best available cutter and controlling microprocessor and software are used. Known methods for utilizing feedback to control the extrusion velocity are not practical for high velocity propellant extrusion.
  • a method for continuously conveying and cutting an extruded strand of a solid propellant to produce sticks of a desired length that is substantially independent of variations in strand velocity in which the extruded strand is continuously conveyed past a microprocessor -controlled cutter, that cuts the strand after it receives an electronic signal, and the cut sticks are collected by a collector downstream from the cutter, the transmission time of the signal and the mechanical response time of the cutter constituting an inherent cutter delay time, is characterized in that the arrival of the forward end of the strand at a first sensing point that is between the cutter and the collector activates the microprocessor to begin to count and store a first number of equally spaced time pulses; the arrival of the forward end of the strand at a second sensing point that is between the first sensing point and the collector, and is spaced from the first sensing point by a distance that is greater than the distance the strand travels during the cutter delay time, activates the microprocessor to begin to count and store a second number of equally spaced
  • the method according to the invention can be summarized as a system that uses sensors to measure the speed of movement of a strand over a fixed increment to a fixed distance from a cutter that approximates the desired length of the cut part, and uses that measurement to determine the point beyond that fixed distance at which the strand must be cut to make its length independant of its speed of movement, thus producing cut sticks of constant length.
  • the propellant extrusion rate may range,for example, between about 120 and 360 mm per second.
  • Figures 1 and 1A are simplified views in perspective of apparatus 10 used in practice of this invention.
  • Figure 1 shows extruder 12 extruding propellant strand 14 that is pneumatically conveyed by introduction of air into inlet 16.
  • Figure 1A is an expanded view of cutter 18, conveyor 28 and plenum chamber 29.
  • Figure 2 is a schematic of propellant strand 14, cutter 18 and sensors P O and P 1 .
  • Figure 3 graphically depicts in two interrelated graphs the relationship between propellant strand positions P O ,P 1 and P 2 and time.
  • Figure 4 is a bar graph depicting the precision obtained in a practice of this invention.
  • extruder 12 has a ram in housing 22 that extrudes a propellant strand 14 from previously prepared pieces in the form of so-called "carpet rolls", such as shown at 23,24 as they are being fed into inlet 26 for extrusion.
  • the propellant strand 14 exits a die orifice (not shown) at the end of extruder 12, travels through a short tube and then onto the pneumatic conveyor 28 between guides 30,32.
  • a suitable pneumatic conveyor is available from Jetstream Systems Company under the designation JETSTREAM R .
  • Air forced through inlet 16 into plenum chamber 29 of the conveyor provides a fluid carrier as the air exits orifices 36 (see Figure 1A), which are dispersed along the length of the conveyor to lift the propellant strand 14 as it moves to cutter 18.
  • the pressure of air in chamber 29 is about 5 inches of water above atmosphere.
  • the existing jets of air cool the propellant strand 14.
  • a DC (direct current) servo motor cutter 18 is designed to cut through the propellant strand 14 when the motor is activated by a signal from a MM-10 microprocessor, available from Industrial Indexing Systems Company.
  • the motor for the cutter 18 is available from Inland Motors Company as model TTR-2042-3010, with amplifier SM6015-22 to amplify the signal.
  • a blade 38 is mounted on the shaft of the motor, and the MM-10 microprocessor is programmed to drive the motor through a single rotation of the shaft that provides the cutting action, with prescribed acceleration and maximum velocity and deceleration rates.
  • the transmission time of the signal to activate the motor and the mechanical response time of the cutter produce an inherent cutter delay time between the initiation of the signal and the completion of the cutting action.
  • the sensing elements at P 0 and P 1 are carried by sensor housing and support 40 ( Figure 1) and utilize non-contacting optical sensors, so that the propellant strand is detected without the possibility of product deformation or dangerous heat generation.
  • the sensor locations P 0 and P 1 may be about 1.25-2.0 cm apart along the conveyor.
  • the output of sensors at P O ,P l is used to actuate a binary codes decimal (BCD) counter 46, connnected to a precision oscillator 50 and digital circuitry 46,48.
  • BCD binary codes decimal
  • the counter 46 is initialized in its "load” mode, at an output value, preset by the binary rotary switches 48, that corresponds to the inherent cutter delay (which may be,for example, about 55 milliseconds).
  • the load input is deactivated and the counter begins to count pulses from the precision oscillator 50. It counts down from the present value, becoming more negative in value until the propellant reaches P 1 . At this point the count direction is reversed and the counter output value begins to increase toward zero. The counter output value will reach zero when the second count equals the difference between the first count and the number of time pulses that is equivalent to the present output value corresponding to the inherent cutter delay.
  • propellant sticks can be pneumatically conveyed after cutting and deposited in a bin 42.
  • th:s transportor is the same pneumatic conveyor as used in pneumatic conveyance of strand 14 prior to cutting.
  • the plenum chamber 29 extends the lengrh cf device 10.
  • Figure 4 shows the results of utilizing a propellant stick manufacturing procedure such as described above.
  • the 80 sticks in Figure 4 are nominally 14" sticks with a standard deviation of between 0.020 and 0.0230 inches and a mean length of 13.969 inches.
  • the stick has a diameter of about 0.248 inches and comprises by weight about 62.5% nitrocellulose, 36.7% diethyleneglycoldinitrate, 0.45% Akardite II, 0.25% Ethyl Centralite and 0.10% of graphite and magnesium oxide.
  • the automated stick propellant manufacturing apparatus of Figure 1 as described above may be arranged so that the die has many orifices through which a plurality of strands are extruded and laid in individual trays of a multiple track pneumatic conveyor. Each track preferably has a separate cutter and optical sensor combination.
  • the method of this invention is suitable for use in manufacture of stick propellant from solvent-type single, double and triple base propellants as well as solvent-less- type double and triple base propellants, from horizontal as well as vertical presses.

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